Halo: Reach Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

This is a helluva mission on the harder difficulties. To make things easier, you'll want to carefully manage your ammo and nearly always keep scoped weapons on hand -- with the occasional exception of picking up a Gravity Hammer. Many of the most difficult areas of this mission can be managed by staying far away and using the DMR and Magnum to pick off enemies one at a time.

Speaking of the Magnum, that's all you'll have at the outset of this mission, along with half your normal health bar. Before moving west, head south and then east to find some stairs leading up to the platform above the area. Here, on a balcony with a corpse, you'll find some extra Magnum rounds.

Run west and pass through the malfunctioning doors. On the far side, take cover and try to eliminate at least one of the Jackals. On top of the stairs. Grab its weapon and follow the Jackals into the doorway.

Inside you'll be warned about Covenant suicide squads -- essentially Grunts with pairs of active grenades in their claws. You can't back away and gain ground on these quick little buggers, so try to eliminate them with headshots from afar. Usually a downed suicidal Grunt will set off a chain reaction to eliminate those around it.

There are three in the top level of this building, but many more appear as you take the stairs down. It is essential that you keep your eye on your radar to track the movements of the Grunts since they can pounce on you easily in the tight hallways.

You can grab an Armor Lock to safely avoid the exploding Grunts at point blank if you wish. At the bottom of a few flights of stairs, look for a cage with a Medkit inside to finally restore your health.

Opposite the cage with the Medkit is a large room where you can take shots at oblivious Grunts. This will get their attention, though, so back away if they get too close and shoot them in the hallways.